Spring Chicken Pasta Salad Amongst Lemon-Thyme Dressing



Ingredients:
four cups cubed cooked chicken breast
x oz cooked mafalda pasta
3/4 loving cup chopped cherry-red onion
ii stalks celery, diced
1 1/2 cups bite-sized asparagus, steamed (about 12 stalks)
ii (loose) cups watercress
x cornichons, sliced into coins
zest of 1 lemon


dressing:
1/3 loving cup mayonnaise
juice of 1/2 lemon
1 tablespoon sherry vinegar
1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon
three sprigs' worth fresh thyme
ocean salt
freshly terra firma pepper

Directions:
In a large bowl, toss together the salad ingredients. Set aside. In a small-scale bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients. Drizzle over the salad in addition to stir to evenly distribute all ingredients.

Tip: Steam the asparagus yesteryear adding it to the boiling pasta for the final dyad of minutes of cooking.



My thoughts:
In the fall, I made an autumnal chicken pasta salad in addition to realized I had made summer in addition to winter versions previously. So when I realized nosotros didn't accept anything for tiffin this week, I idea I'd brand a jump version. The appearance of tulips, daffodils, dogwoods in addition to asparagus ever dot the cease of wintertime in addition to the hope of warm conditions to come. So I elbow grease in addition to purpose asparagus inwards every bit many ways every bit I can!

I honey hearty pasta salads for lunches in addition to picnics because thus I don't accept to worry nearly packing staff of life or crackers, I tin merely select grip of the pasta salad in addition to some fruit in addition to go!

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